Schaitkin B M, Wiegand D A
Department of Surgery, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey 17033.
Ear Nose Throat J. 1990 Nov;69(11):747-9.
Salmonella abscess in the head and neck is an uncommon occurrence. Such abscesses most often present in patients with underlying systemic processes or in those receiving iatrogenic immunosuppression. We report a 53-year-old woman with a retropharyngeal abscess treated with clindamycin and ampicillin. Treatment required surgical debridement and long-term antibiotics. There is a predilection for salmonella to affect tissue having underlying pathology, so that local tissue biopsy and long-term follow-up to document tissue reversions to normal are required.
